How to Care Filipendula

Red meadowsweet are found in temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere and are a part of forest plant communities of this bioregion. Red meadowsweet are considered ecologically significant because they are vital food plants for certain butterfly and moth caterpillars, such as those of emperor moth, grizzled skipper, and others.

As its common name suggests, meadowsweet is a sweet-smelling herb that often grows in meadows. It is a perennial in the rose family and is native to Europe, the British Isles, and western Asia, and has also been naturalized in parts of North America. Filipendula ulmaria has been used to create potpourris and to add flavor to beers, wines, and stews.

Siberian meadowsweet is an herb that is popular for its fluffy, two-toned flowers that blow elegantly in the wind. For this reason, it is a popular ornamental plant, grown in beds and borders frequently. On occasion, its leaves will be covered in a vibrant orange fungus similar in color to rust.

Dropwort is an easy-to-grow member of the rose family. Its common name refers to the tubers that hang from its roots like drops of water. It grows easily in full sun to partial shade.

Queen of the prairie (Filipendula rubra) is a flowering perennial species that can grow to be 1.5 m tall. It spreads through rhizomes and is considered difficult to germinate. This plant thrives in full sun and moist soil.

Giant meadowsweet is a statuesque perennial with deeply lobed leaves and fluffy white flower clusters. Thriving in moist meadows and alongside streams, its robust stature, often reaching over a meter tall, allows it to compete for sunlight. The frothy blooms provide vital sustenance for pollinators, making giant meadowsweet a keystone species in its native habitat.

Stranvaesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae.

Cliffortia is a genus of plants that has been assigned to the rose family, with currently 132 known species. Its species can be found in southern Africa, particularly in the Cape Floristic Region. Cliffortia species are mostly upright shrubs, but some species develop into small trees of up to 5 m high. The stipules have merged with the base of the leaf and form a sheath around the branch. Leaflets may be thin or leathery, broad to needle-shaped, with the margin serrated or entire, and may have a spiny tip. Cliffortia has separate male and female flowers in the leaf axils, which are mostly set individually but sometimes in clusters. One or two achenes may develop in each flower, within the inflating calyx.

The dichotomanthes genus contains the sole species Dichotomanthes tristaniaecarpa, which is a small tree/shrub native to Eastern Asia. This species favors mixed evergreen forest habitats at medium altitudes. It produces late-spring white flowers as well as red fruit cylinders from late summer through fall.

Gardeners can plant drymocallis around trees to create a wild, woody ground cover. The plants have bright or pale green leaves that may be spiked or lobed, and they grow from kidney-shaped seeds. The flowers are small yellow or white blooms.